Camponotus wellmani gamma
Camponotus wellmani gamma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Camponotini |
Genus: | Camponotus |
Species: | C. wellmani |
Subspecies: | C. wellmani gamma |
Trinomial name | |
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- gamma. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wellmani var. gamma Santschi, 1926b: 257 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
- Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Makanga (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1937b: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
- Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Description
References
- Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 257, soldier, worker described)